Have you had a clever snack today? With these healthy snacks, you won’t reach for the chocolate bar next time. Because with these snack recipes, you can really hit it and you don’t have to do without enjoyment.
Honestly, aren’t we seldom prepared for in-between hunger pangs? If we grab a pack of chips, pretzel sticks or a tin of Schöggeli, we feel guilty. Terrible. Have you ever thought about making healthier snacks yourself? With a few simple recipes, you can conjure up sin-free treats for when you’re hungry.
Healthy snacks: kale chips
Ingredients for 2 servings:
- 1 bunch of cabbage
- 1/2 lemon
- 1 TBSP. maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon. Salt
- 1 teaspoon tamari
- 2 TBSP. olive oil
- 1/4 cup sesame seeds
That’s how it’s done:
Preheat the oven to 120 degrees. Wash the kale thoroughly and dry the leaves well with kitchen paper. Now tear off the curly leaves from the stem. Each cabbage leaf should be torn into about 6-8 pieces. Place all the ingredients except the kale in a bowl and whisk together. Now you also add the kale leaves and mix everything carefully with your hands.
Then place the kale leaves well covered with the mixture on a baking sheet. Set the timer for 30 minutes and bake the kale. Now you control how the chips are doing in the oven. Leave the kale chips in the oven for an additional 10-15 minutes, until the kale is dry and crispy. The kale chips can be stored in the fridge for up to a week.
Healthy Snacks: Coconut Curry Popcorn
The fine snack with 0 calories does not always have to be nibbled in connection with a film. Here we show you how you can change the fine popcorn to suit your taste. Of course you can choose the toppings yourself, we have prepared an example with coconut and curry for you here.
Ingredients for 1 serving:
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- ½ cup popcorn kernels
Toppings for 1 serving:
- 1 tsp curry powder
- 2 tbsp coconut oil melted
- Coconut Flakes
- 1 tsp ginger powder
That is how it goes:
Melt 1 tbsp coconut oil in a saucepan and add the popcorns. Cover the pot with the lid and try to keep your kernels moving so the popcorn doesn’t burn.
When the popcorn has popped, remove the pot from the heat. Now you can add your toppings. Put the lid back on and shake the popcorn with the toppings well. The coconut curry popcorn is ready.
Healthy snacks: chocolate almond cookie
For all the sweet tooths out here. Nobody needs to have a bad conscience with these chocolate almond cookies.
Ingredients for 10 cookies:
- 2 cups ground almonds
- 2 tsp liquid coconut oil
- 3 rows of black chocolate bars
- 1 tbsp agave syrup
- ½ banana
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground ginger
- ½ tsp baking powder
- a pinch of salt
That’s how it’s done:
Preheat the oven to 170 degrees. Mash the banana and cut the chocolate into small pieces. Then, in a saucepan, heat the coconut oil on low. When the oil has completely melted. Add the syrup and all the spices. Let the mass become one at low temperature.
In a large bowl, mix the ground almonds with the baking powder. Then there are the banana and the chocolate pieces. This mass can be added to the pot after thorough mixing. Now mix everything well until it becomes a mass. Using a spoon, shape the cookies onto a grease-free baking sheet. Let the cookies bake for 15 minutes.
Healthy Snacks: Stuffed Eggs
A fine snack. Stuffed eggs are super easy and quick to make and taste heavenly with the right ingredients. If you don’t want to stick to the recipe, you absolutely can’t go wrong with the basic base of Greek yogurt and a few herbs.
Ingredients for 24 Stuffed Eggs:
- 1 tsp dill seeds
- 12 eggs
- ¼ cup Greek yogurt
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 1 pinch of sea salt
- 3 tbsp chopped chives
- 2 tbsp finely chopped parsley
- 1 tbsp finely chopped dill
- ¼ cup ground almonds
That’s how it’s done:
If the eggs are not already hard-boiled, you can do so in advance.
Meanwhile, you mix all the ingredients into a mass.
Cut the eggs in half and remove the yolk. If you like, add the removed egg yolk to the mixture and mix well.
Then you fill the eggs with the mass and garnish with a few herbs. Enjoy your meal!
Healthy Snacks: Honey Mustard Nuts
With simple steps you can upgrade your nut mix and give it a very special taste. The combination of honey and mustard comes out particularly delicious.
Ingredients for 1 serving:
- 2 cups mixed nuts (almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts, pistachios, etc.)
- 1 egg white
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1½ tbsp mustard
- 1 pinch of sea salt
That’s how it’s done:
Preheat the oven to 220 degrees. In a bowl, mix the egg white with mustard, honey and salt to form a mass. Once the ingredients are well mixed, pour in the nuts.
Mix everything well so that all the nuts are covered by the mixture. Now spread the spiced nuts out on a baking sheet and let them roast in the oven for 45 minutes. Check every 15 minutes for the health of the honey mustard nuts. After all, we like them crispy and not burnt.
Healthy snacks: seed crackers
My mouth is already watering. These fine crackers are suitable as a small snack between meals but also as an alternative to bread.
Ingredients for 1 serving:
- 2 cups cooked brown rice
- 2 cups cooked quinoa
- ½ sesame
- ½ flaxseed
- 2 tsp tamari
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 3 tsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp pumpkin seeds
That’s how it’s done:
Preheat the oven to 170°C. Place the flaxseeds in a bowl and cover with ½ cup of water. Let them soak for at least 20 minutes. In the meantime you can prepare everything else.
In a pan, toast the sesame seeds until fragrant. Then remove from the heat and set aside. Cook the rice and quinoa until tender. You are welcome to let both cook a little longer than usual.
Now mix the rice, quinoa, salt, tamari and olive oil very well until a dough forms (add 1 tablespoon water if it gets too dry). Then you add the toasted sesame seeds. Be careful, the dough will be very sticky.
Take the dough and place it on a piece of parchment paper. Knead the dough well with all desired nuts, spices, herbs and vegetables. Now grab another piece of parchment paper and place it on top of the dough.
Flatten the dough thinly with a rolling pin. Remove the top layer of parchment paper and, using a knife, cut the crackers into desired shapes. Bake the batter for 25-35 minutes until crisp and golden. Let the crackers cool and seal in an airtight container. The crackers will keep for a week.
Healthy snacks: fruit spirals
Craving sweets? Then the fruit spirals are the tastiest alternative for a healthy snack. Any fruit lying around at home can be used for the fruit spirals. You can then mix the fruits or just use one variety. We show you two mixed variants.
Ingredients for 1 tray:
Variant 1:
- 1 fresh mango
- 200g dried apricots
- 1 orange (juice only)
Variant 2:
- 1 handful of frozen raspberries
- 1 handful of frozen blueberries
- 1 banana
- Options:
- Spices: vanilla, cinnamon, coconut, mint leaves
That’s how it’s done:
Combine the ingredients for your fruit spiral variant in a saucepan. Warm up the fruit and blend the fruit mix into a puree.
Now you put the puree on a piece of baking paper in the thickness you want to enjoy the fruit spirals later. Now you put the sheet in the oven and bake it on the lowest level possible. Leave the oven door ajar so the fruit can dry nicely.
The fruit spirals are ready as soon as the mass is no longer sticky. This can also take 5 to 8 hours. But be patient, it’s worth it! Now cut strips and then roll them around a pencil to achieve the spiral shape. Enjoy your meal!
Healthy snacks: baked cauliflower
Ingredients for 3 servings
- 3 cups cauliflower (bite-sized pieces)
- 1 egg
- 1 egg white
- 1 tsp water
- 2 cups fine breadcrumbs
- 2 tsp oregano
That’s how it’s done:
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Now grind the breadcrumbs very finely. Beat the egg, whites and water together well. Prepare a baking sheet where you can later bake the cauliflower pieces. Start to dip the cauliflower in the egg, let it drain for a moment and dip in the egg mixture again. Now dip the cauliflower in the breadcrumbs. Repeat the process until all of the cauliflower is done. Bake the cauliflower until the outsides are crisp and the cauliflower is tender, about 12-15 minutes. The baked cauliflower is at its best when it is still warm.
Healthy Snacks: Eggplant Caponata
Mmmm, the fine Italian bruschetti are simply delicious. Let’s make our own healthy caponata with aubergines.
Ingredients for 12 pieces:
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- Cut ½ large aubergine into cubes
- 2 garlic cloves chopped
- 1 ½ cup fresh tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons cup apple cider vinegar
- 10 green olives, pitted and roughly chopped
- 1 tbsp agave or maple syrup
- 1 handful of basil
- 1 handful of pine nuts
- 12 slices of toasted whole wheat bread or crackers
That’s how it’s done:
Heat the oil in a large skillet over high heat. Add the eggplants to the pan. After 5 minutes, take the eggplants off the heat and pour them into a bowl.
In the same pan, pour tomatoes, garlic, salt and pepper.
Cook the ingredients for about 10 minutes until the fresh tomatoes start to break. Now add apple cider vinegar, olives and sweetener. Let everything cook together for another 10 minutes until the mixture thickens. Pour the aubergines into the mixture and simmer for 5 minutes.
The aubergine caponata can now be served on the wholemeal slices, garnished with basil and pine nuts. The delicious aubergine caponata can be enjoyed at room temperature or warm.
Healthy Snack Recipes: Almond Date Truffle
Visually, these healthy truffle pralines easily stand up to the original. But fortunately only visually, because these sweet temptations are healthy!
Ingredients for 20 pieces:
- 20 dates pitted and halved
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup creamy almond butter
- 1/3 cup unsweetened coconut flakes
- 1/3 cup natural cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/3 cup toasted almonds (chopped)
That’s how it’s done
Blend the dates and vanilla extract. Now put all the ingredients except the almonds in a bowl. Mix the ingredients to a sticky mass. The mixture should be a bit crumbly, but stick together between your fingers.
With the right consistency, shape the dough into pralines. If the dough seems too wet to form a ball, add a little more coconut flakes. If it’s too dry, add a touch more almond butter or a splash of water.
Place the chopped almonds on a plate and roll each truffle in the almonds. Let the truffles cool in the fridge for at least an hour before serving. The truffles will keep covered in the fridge for a couple of weeks.